Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Guo, Christopher
2. Mouton, Christopher A.
3. Powers, James D.
4. Project Air Force (U.S.), issuing body

Description

1. xvii, 45 pages : illustrations (some color), color map; 28 cm.

Summary

1. The authors analyze the practice of tankering fuel, which seeks to lower total fuel costs by having aircraft carry excess fuel when traveling from locations where fuel is cheaper than it is at the destination. To determine whether savings might be achieved, historical flying patterns, fuel prices, and other factors are examined for the C-5, C-17, and C-130 aircraft. The authors examine the changing potential for future cost savings as Air Mobility Command transitions from wartime to peacetime operations. They also discuss the four different price regimes in place at the Defense Logistics Agency, the agency that purchases fuel on behalf of the Department of Defense, and fluctuating market rates. Their research compares the fuel costs of more than 94,700 flights completed without tankering during FY 2012 with estimated costs of those same flights if they had tankered fuel to the maximum extent possible.

Series statement

1. Research report

Alternative title

1. Tankering fuel on United States Air Force transport aircraft

Subject

1. United States. Air Force -- Cost control.
2. United States. Air Force -- Fuel.
3. Airplanes, Military -- United States -- Fuel consumption.
4. Fuel -- Costs.

Contents

1. Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Background -- Purpose of This Research -- Approach -- Organization of the Report -- 2.Flight and Fuel Price Datasets -- Aircraft Availability and Flight Data -- Jet Fuel Procurement Process and Standard Fuel Prices -- Defining Savings from the Perspectives of AMC and DoD -- 3.Four Decision Factors to Consider When Tankering Fuel -- Capacity Available for Tankering Fuel -- Fuel Burn Penalty -- Fuel Required for the Next Mission Segment -- Fuel Price Difference -- 4.Is Tankering Fuel on AMC Aircraft a Cost-Saving Strategy? -- The AMC Perspective -- Baseline Scenario -- Wartime Versus Peacetime Scenarios -- The DoD Perspective -- What If AMC and DLA Cooperate? -- 5.Fuel Offloading: Economic Effect and Feasibility -- Assumptions Used in Fuel Offloading Analysis -- Economic Effect on Tankering Savings -- Feasibility of Fuel Offloading -- Time -- Manpower Costs -- Fuel Quality -- Ground Logistics -- Summary of Barriers --

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Language

1. English

Note

1. "RR-837-AF"--Page 4 of cover.
2. "Rand Project Air Force."
3. "Prepared for the United States Air Force, approved for public release ; distribution unlimited."

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-45).

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain